Background
Sickles, Robin C. was born on December 24, 1949 in Pittsburgh. Son of Walter E. and Georgene N. Sickles.
consultant economics and statistics professor
Sickles, Robin C. was born on December 24, 1949 in Pittsburgh. Son of Walter E. and Georgene N. Sickles.
Bachelor of Science in Economics, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1972. Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, University of North Carolina, 1976.
Assistant professor department of economics George Washington University, Washington, 1976—1979. Visiting professor department of economics University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1979—1980, assistant professor department of economics, 1980—1985. Faculty research fellow National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, 1984—1992.
Associate professor department of economics Rice University, Houston, 1985—1987, professor department of economics, since 1987. Visiting scholar department of economics University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1992. Visiting adjunct professor European Institute of Business Administration, Fontainebleau, France, 1992—1994.
Visiting scholar Board Governors Federal Reserve Systems, Washington, 1993. Visiting professor pure and applied mathematics Institute of Statistics University Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, 1999. Director Rice University Center for the Study of Institutions and Values, Houston, 1999—2002.
Director graduate program in economics Rice University, Houston, since 2000. Director Law and Economic Consultant Group, Houston, since 2002.
Member board directors Afton Oaks Civic Association, Houston, 1988—1994. Coach Southwestern Young Men’s Christian Association. Member of American Economic Association, Econometric Society.
Married Janet C. Meininger, July 3, 1981. Children: Danielle L., David C.